Kuzbass - industrial and agricultural centre of Siberia

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Geographical position Kemerovo region (or Kuzbass ) is situated in the centre of Russian Federation. It occupies the south-eastern part of Western Siberia. The total area of Kemerovo region is 95700 square kilometers. In terms the size of Kemerovo region is bigger than Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland. The time difference between Kemerovo region and London (Greenwich Mean Time=GMT) is 7 hours in winter and 8 hours in summer. Kemerovo region

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Geographical position The most important mountain ranges the Kuznetski Alatau and Gornaya Shoria are situated in the east and south of the region. In the west lies the West-Siberian Lowlands.

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Climate The climate of Kemerovo region is continental with cold and long winters and short but warm summers . On the average, there are 280 sunny days per year, of which 120 days of frost-free period. About 150 days a year our land is covered with snow. The coldest month is January, the mean temperature in January is from -17oC to - 20oC Centigrade. The hottest month is July, the mean temperature in July is from +19oC to +25oC Centigrade. The weather is changeable.

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Mineral resources Kemerovo region is very rich in mineral resources. The most important of them are coal, iron ore, manganese, aluminium , metal and non-ferrous metals.

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Industry of the region Kemerovo region is an important industry centre now. The main braches of industry are coal mining, ferrous metal, industry, non-ferrous metal industry, machine building, chemical industry, woodworking industry and food industry. The industry of Kuzbass produced all kinds of metal products from spoon, fork, and knives to machines and rails.

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Agriculture of our region The agriculture of Kuzbass produces : milk meat vegetables fruit fish many other kinds of agricultural products .

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Our city – Novokuznetsk! We live in Novokuznetsk. It’s the second biggest and oldest city in Kuzbass . It’s located on the South of Western Siberia, on both banks of the Ob river. Novokuznetsk - the 29th largest city of Russia, an important economic, transport and cultural centre of the country. The city is one of the largest metallurgical and coal-mining centers in the country .

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"Siberian Switzerland" “Siberian Switzerland” is the name of Mountain Shoria for its natural wealth and beauty . Mountain Shoria occupies the southern part of the Kemerovo region , stretches 170 kilometers from the north to the south, 100 kilometers from the west to the east and is 13.5 thousand square kilometers (14.1 % of whole Kemerovo region ).

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So, this is the place we live in.